Shifting 24,500 albums on vinyl, the album is officially the fastest-selling vinyl record of the last 25 years, surpassing the 16,000 units Liam Gallagher recorded in the opening week of ‘As You Were’ in October 2017.

In addition to the regular black pressing, the album was available in clear, silver and gold formats, the latter exclusive to AM’s Sheffield pop-up shop.

Arctic Monkeys also outsold the rest of the Top 40 combined on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart this week.

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‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’ continues the band’s 100% record of Number One studio albums.

Their 2006 debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, follow up ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’, ‘Humbug’ (2009), ‘Suck It And See’ (2011), and ‘AM’ (2013) also debuted at the top of the UK album chart. Including his two Number One albums as part of The Last Shadow Puppets, frontman Alex Turner also earns the eighth chart-topping album of his career.